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Phill MV schreef: |
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>> You could put an entry in /etc/portage/package.mask |
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>> "man portage" for more info. |
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> To my experience the package requiring it would simply not install. |
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No, you're right. |
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The solution to this specific problem (which I also have had, since I |
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use neither Mozilla nor Evo) is to: |
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1) unmerge gnome. This will not unmerge any programs (GNOME will still |
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work), but will remove the metapackage handle which has mozilla and evo |
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as dependencies (mozilla and evo will become orphaned dependencies, as |
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you have uninstalled the package that depends on them); |
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2) unmerge evo, evo dataserver (if you don't want it), epiphany (which |
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depends on mozilla) and mozilla itself (assuming you have nothing else |
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that depends on it; most mozilla-dependent individual programs, such as |
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the Liferea newsreader, now have the capability to depend on firefox |
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instead), and any other programs installed specifically by the gnome |
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metapackage that you may not want (sound-juicer, gstreamer, totem-- if |
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you still want totem, you can recompile it +xine so you can still get |
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rid of gstreamer if you don't like that backend); |
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2a) make sure that you have no "mozilla" or "eds" USE flags enabled |
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(afaics, eds must specifically be set as -eds in /etc/make.conf; it's |
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apparently a new/replacement USE flag which drags in Evo Data Server and |
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Mozilla, and it appears to be set by default as on for applications like |
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gaim and gnome-panel, which I discovered when running yesterday's emerge |
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-uaDtv world). If you have to change any USE flags, hold the emerge |
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-uaDNtv world till after the next step: |
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3) emerge gnome-light. This will also not emerge any packages, but will |
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"un-orphan" all the gnome desktop packages that are currently installed |
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(but were orphaned by your uninstall of the gnome metapackage); |
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4) run emerge -uaDtNv world if you changed any USE flags in step 2a (or |
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even if you didn't, just to be safe). |
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This should enable you to update GNOME normally, without having to worry |
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about evo and/or Mozilla being dragged in every time you try. |
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Hope this helps. |
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Holly |
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